Police nab man for kidnapping 8-year-old
| March 28, 2011 11:54PM |  print  email   |
A 26-year-old man is in police custody for allegedly kidnapping an 8 years old boy. The suspect, Chibuzor Anene, allegedly belongs to a three man gang.
Police spokesperson, Samuel Jinadu, said the suspect was arrested by the police on March 16 following a tip off from members of the public shortly after the suspect and his gang kidnapped the boy. “The suspect and his gang kidnapped the boy after school as he was going back home with his sisters, at Alaigbo area in Ejigbo on 16th of March,” he said. “The police were informed about the kidnap and they swung into action and arrested the suspect while the other two members of his gang escaped. It will interest members of the public to know that this same suspect with his gang had, on the 14th of March, snatched a Gulf Volkswagen car from one Tunde Abiodun at Ejigbo which they used to kidnap the boy. Mr Abiodun had reported the theft of his car at the Ejigbo Police Station.”
His confession
Mr Anene confessed to the crime. He said he joined the gang because other members of the gang threatened to kill him. “I used to be an ice cream seller and later I went to start riding Okada,” he said. “One of my friends, called Emmanuel, came to me to join his gang. Emma is a bad boy and everybody knows him that he is into bad things. Emma was the one who planned everything and he told us about the boy. I don’t know how he got information about the boy. Before we kidnapped the boy, we had earlier snatched a gulf car at Ejigbo, I was the man riding the motorcycle that day.
So after snatching the car, we used the car to go and kidnap the boy two days later. The boy was coming back from school so Emma grabbed him and put him inside the car and we zoomed off. Later, I started developing cold feet toward the crime, I told Emma that I was no longer interested in the crime. When the vehicle slowed down, I opened the door and jumped out so I was running and police men pursued and arrested me. I feel bad about my crime, but I have no choice because Emma said he will do me something bad if I do not join the gang.”
Mr Jinadu said the suspect will be charged to court. “The police recovered a locally made gun from the suspect,” he said. “The suspect will be charged to court as soon as we are through with our investigations. Meanwhile the police is on the trail of other members of the gang and they will be arrested soon.”
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